Finding the Disappeared: The Role of Truth Commissions and Post-Conflict Justice Initiatives in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico Scholars and human rights activists Ana María Méndez Dardón (Central America Program, Washington Office on Central America), Tatiana Devia (Transitional Justice Program, Corporate Accountability Lab), and Aída Hernández (Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico City) explore the role of truth commissions and other international justice efforts to document, sanction, and establish reparations for 20th and 21st century rights violations in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. Chair: Victoria Sanford This event is hosted in association with: Colombian Studies Group, The Graduate Center—City University of New York CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences The PhD Program in Anthropology, The Graduate Center—City University of New York The School of General Studies and Graduate Education and the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Stockton University The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University
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